Wilderness First Aid
Leader: Maryanne Reiter
This is a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Wilderness First Aid class.
Activities Calendar
National Trails Day
Activity: Work Party
Leader: Matt Bell
For National Trails Day we will work to brush the trail sides of the Ridgeline Trail in preparation for the City's seasonal crew to come through with string trimmers.
Meet at the Willamette & 52nd Trailhead parking lot, the gravel lot on Willamette.
Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah
Activity: Work Party
Leader: Darko Sojak
Obsidians volunteer day with Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah. Work party in native plant nursery: weeding, seed harvest, caring for plots of native plants and other nursery/gardening-type tasks....
Canceled North Fork of the Willamette
Activity: Hike
Leader: Jane Hackett
We will do 2 lower sections of trail. This requires a shuttle. The trail stay close to the river. There should be good wildflowers this time of year. Back in town by mid afternoon…
Blanton Ridge to Spencer Butte
Activity: Hike
Leader: Tommy Young
We will start on time at 6:45 am. Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. This hike to the top of Spencer Butte takes the less traveled route from Blanton Road. We'll cross Blanton Ridge before continuing on from the 52nd and Willamette trailhead. And then to the Spencer Butte summit.
Jet Boat Trip
Activity: Bus
Leader: Barbara Beard
Trip sponsored by the bus committee. Meet at 7:00 AM at the Amtrak Station to get your boarding pass from Judy Adamcyk. The Amtrak train #504 departs at 7:45 for Portland where the group will be met by a local bus company and driven to the dock to load onto the Portland Spirit Company's jet boat. …
Amazon Hdwtrs/Spencer Butte
Activity: Hike
Leader: Janet Jacobsen
NOTE: Flexible departure time from 7:45 to 8:00.
Every Wednesday since 2013 we do this hike from the Martin Street Trailhead to the summit of Spencer Butte. Compared to starting at the paved Spencer Butte parking lot, this hike has double the climbing and three times the distance.
Alton Baker Park, Pre’s trail
Activity: Hike
Leader: Lisa Van Liefde
Our route will keep us near the river, going into Alton Baker park by way of crossing the DeFazio bridge and then crossing the river again via the Frohnmayer bridge to return.
Edgewood Nature Trail
Activity: Hike
Leader: Steve Adey
Edgewood Nature Trail
Get Acquainted/Ribbon Trail
Activity: Hike
Leader: Janet Jacobsen
Meet at the Obsidian Lodge to start the hike on the Ribbon Trail to Hendricks Park and back. This is…
